
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Indian people take bath in Gandaki River at Karahar Ghat in Bihar, India. It is considered as one of the main ghats of the Ganga-Gandak banks, where worshiping and cremation has been performed side-by-side for centuries. This ghat has got its name based on an ancient legend, according to this legend, "The famous fight of Gaja(elephant)-Graah (crocodile), which is well covered in Indian scriptures, is the reason behind people asking - kaun haara. Hence the name. Scriptures tell that Lord Vishnu had to interfere in the fight to save his devotee Gajaraj, who was being drowned by crocodile. Both Gaja and Grah were gandharavas. But due to some curse they became Gaja and Graah. Lord Visnu killed Graah to give him instant salvation, and saved life Of Gajaraj. The depiction of fighting Gaja Graah
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